They can't agree to those terms, that's cutting off the hand that feeds you your 'original designs' ..so Samsung called Apple, and Google called Samsung? Courts have already ruled mostly for Apple in these cases, so if a resolution wasn't reached, Apple was either asking for too much, or Samsung is just going to factor in these these $1B rulings as part of the expense to build phones. Unless the courts start to ban products in a timely manner, Samsung mobile will still...

Down for Canada as well even though we aren't on that list.
I can image people waking up to news of it selling out and ship dates slipping to 3-4 weeks. Plus I like to see the Apple faithful lined up outside stores (never done it myself) but doubt we'll see that if it's a surprise release.
I don't think it'll happen though, very unlike Apple to do so

I wish Apple would just cut off analysts like Gene Munster. I mean, cut him off the earnings calls and all interviews. It obviously can't happen, but if Apple is willing to give him their time during calls to answer his questions, then at the very least he should take Apple at it's word instead of trying to fit their statement as some poor excuse for his awful analysis of the sales numbers. You lost what integrity you had, instead of just saying 'I must have missed...

"implies a message from management that the company is back on track"
Wake up. The company was never off track. The message is that you all stink at trying to figure out what Apple is up to and consistently underestimate them. The only think off-track is the share price.